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general assembly obama warned more blood will be spilled if an agreement cannot be reached. he also looked for a time when a sovereign palestine would be welcomed at the u.n. the president's address came only days before the moratorium on settlement construction in the west bank was set to expire. >>> meanwhile, the united nations human rights counsel said israel violated internatnal law in a deadly raid last may. the report called the raid brutal and disproportionate. israel charged the report was biased. >>> also this week, there was renewed support for the u.n.'s millennium development goals. the effort to reduce world poverty and disease by 2015. u.n. members pledged more than $40 billion to help combat maternal and child mortality over the next five years. >>> religio religious groups welcomed the new pledged but at a discussion, singer urged churches to send a stronger anti-poverty message. >> which is really if you're not doing something substantial for the poor, you're not living an ethical life. >> also this week, pope benedict 16th spoke fondly of his recent trip t
general assembly obama warned more blood will be spilled if an agreement cannot be reached. he also looked for a time when a sovereign palestine would be welcomed at the u.n. the president's address came only days before the moratorium on settlement construction in the west bank was set to expire. >>> meanwhile, the united nations human rights counsel said israel violated internatnal law in a deadly raid last may. the report called the raid brutal and disproportionate. israel charged...
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general assembly obama warned more blood will be spilled if an agreement cannot be reached. he also looked for a time when a sovereign palestine would be welcomed at the u.n. the president's address came only days before the moratorium on settlement construction in the west bank was set to expire. >>> meanwhile, the united nations human rights counsel said israel violated international law in a deadly raid last may. the report called the raid brutal and disproportionate. israel charged the report was biased. >>> also this week, there was renewed support for the u.n.'s millennium development goals. the effort to reduce world poverty and disease by 2015. u.n. members pledged more than $40 billion to help combat maternal and child mortality over the next five years. >>> religio religious groups welcomed the new pledged but at a discussion, singer urged churches to send a stronger anti-poverty message. >> which is really if you're not doing something substantial for the poor, you're not living an ethical life. >> also this week, pope benedict 16th spoke fondly of his recent trip
general assembly obama warned more blood will be spilled if an agreement cannot be reached. he also looked for a time when a sovereign palestine would be welcomed at the u.n. the president's address came only days before the moratorium on settlement construction in the west bank was set to expire. >>> meanwhile, the united nations human rights counsel said israel violated international law in a deadly raid last may. the report called the raid brutal and disproportionate. israel charged...
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biden goes to israel, while there, there is an announcement of new settlements, he gets upset, the obama administration essentially wags a finger at the israeli government, and you see full page ads in newspapers here saying the united states should not criticize the israeli government. we don't hear the grassroots voices at all, and when the united states says we are looking for alliances in the arab countries, and in the streets you cannot get alliance in countries in which u.s. soldiers are risking their lives unless israel stops building settlements. they are a threat to our soldiers there, and that puts people up in arms here. how can grassroots people become a part of that dialogue? >> the american public has been fed a rich diet of partisan propaganda, unfortunately. that's changing, and there are progressive jewish groups, progressive christian groups, progressive arab american groups who are trying to change the discourse. one of the promising developments is that new jewish lobby called j street, which is committed to a 2-state peace. in the past, the public voice of the jewish
biden goes to israel, while there, there is an announcement of new settlements, he gets upset, the obama administration essentially wags a finger at the israeli government, and you see full page ads in newspapers here saying the united states should not criticize the israeli government. we don't hear the grassroots voices at all, and when the united states says we are looking for alliances in the arab countries, and in the streets you cannot get alliance in countries in which u.s. soldiers are...
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. >>> with president obama's formal announcement that combat operations in iraq are over, two assesents of whether the war was t right thi to do. william galston is a senior fellow at the brookings institution in washington. michael cromartie is vice president of the ethics and public policy center, also in washington. welcome to you both. michael, was the iraq war the right thing to do? >> well, bob, you know the british prime minister, tony blair, has just come out with an autobiography, and he makes the point in there that the removal of saddam hussain from power was a great good. i agree with tony blair that the iraq war is tragic. it has been in the loss of life that's been sad. it was the right thing to do. >> if you had known in 2003 what the costs would be, the costs in lives and money and everything, would you still have favored it? >> bob, the cost of lives and money -- and every war is a miserable cost, painful cost. and i think looking back on any war you want to say, is any war worth it after we see what the results are? that can't be coider without considering what was goi
. >>> with president obama's formal announcement that combat operations in iraq are over, two assesents of whether the war was t right thi to do. william galston is a senior fellow at the brookings institution in washington. michael cromartie is vice president of the ethics and public policy center, also in washington. welcome to you both. michael, was the iraq war the right thing to do? >> well, bob, you know the british prime minister, tony blair, has just come out with an...
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at a news conference on friday, president obama called for religious tolerance. >> we have to make sure that we don't start turning on each other, and i will do everything that i can as long as i'm president of the united states to remind the american people that we are one nation under god and we may call that god different names. but we remain one nation. >> this week, dozens of christian, jewish and muslim leaders held what they called an emergency summit in washington, d.c. to address the tensions. the group released a statement denouncing anti-muslim bigotry and urging respect for america's tradition of religious liberty. >> we are convinced that spiritual leaders representing the various faiths in the united states have a moral obligation to stand together and to denounce categorically misinformation or outright bigotry directed against any religious group in this country. >> this is not america. this is not our country. >> islamic society of north america president also had a message for muslims. >> don't use these incidents as hateful as they are, as hurtful as they are, to just
at a news conference on friday, president obama called for religious tolerance. >> we have to make sure that we don't start turning on each other, and i will do everything that i can as long as i'm president of the united states to remind the american people that we are one nation under god and we may call that god different names. but we remain one nation. >> this week, dozens of christian, jewish and muslim leaders held what they called an emergency summit in washington, d.c. to...